Date: March 31, 2016
Nationality: American
Object Type: Antenna
Location: Metcalf, Georgia, U.S.A
COD: Impact
Clothes / Suit: Plain Clothes
Parachute: Unknown
Age: 38
Experience: 2000 SKY jumps, 254 BASE jumps
Time of day: night


Description:

Brandon Action Jackson, 38 years, ~6 feet, 210 pounds, 15+ years of Martial Arts, Master Sergeant, Special Forces, Instructor, Tandem Master, Demolitions Expert, Spoke Arabic, Master's Degree in Engineering, father of a 2 year old child, super duper heads up solid man and of course absolutely zero alcohol or drugs in his system. He was jumping "Slick".

• BASE jumping is dangerous
  
• Guyed wires are dangerous
  

• Strong winds that are not perfect add risk
  

• Weak Exit and/or Weak Track can be deadly
  

• Short delay deployments of slider-UP pack-jobs have very poor heading performance
  

• Forecasted Winds Ground: 4 to 6 MPH
  

• Half-way, 20 knots1600 feet: 31 knots
  

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